Chapter 80: Great Wisdom

Ding Shichang rushed back to Luoyang Mansion before noon, and the frightened Qi Xiaoguang hurriedly ran to see King Shou without bothering to eat lunch. I didn't feel hungry just now, but I was pulled down by Zhu Zhixun, and I suddenly felt hungry, and my sense of smell was extremely sensitive.

The strange fragrance that Qi Xiaoguang smelled was actually a shiitake mushroom.

Yes, it's the kind of ordinary shiitake mushrooms that we use today to stir-fry greens.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the price of shiitake mushrooms ...... Well, to be exact, in the Ming Dynasty, there was no price for this thing at all - because you didn't have a chance to see it! Not to mention ordinary people, even the prefect Qi Xiaoguang has never heard of this thing.

"Longquan County Chronicles" records: mushrooms (pronounced "Xun", mushrooms), but there are deep mountains to the shade. Its method: use dry wood olive wood, the name of mushroom wood. First cut down the ground under the deep mountain, mottled the bark with an axe, waited for it to be wet, and after the beginning of the second year (read "see" here, the meaning of sparse and staggered) came out, and in the third year, the mushroom was partial. After the beginning of spring, the earth gas vents, thunderstorm shakes, then hand over the wood, and take the bamboo strips to wear and hang, drying. There is also a kind of suitable (coincidentally) when (in) Qingming to the sun out of the small mushroom, on the wood to dry, the name of the mushroom, this mushroom is particularly good, but rare.

The different temperatures, humidity, moisture, light, nutrients, pH and other temperatures, humidity, moisture, and pH required for the growth of various fungi are easy to control and adjust today. But in the Ming Dynasty, where there was no scientific cultivation technology, shiitake mushrooms were luxuries in luxury, and only a few areas in Fujian and Zhejiang could grow on a few unique trees (other kinds of trees can also grow, but there is no unique aroma, it is a fake) - artificially made conditions to cultivate, it will take three years to produce, and whether to obtain it depends entirely on whether God appreciates the face to give face, and the wild ones are 100% lucky. At that time, people had never heard of the spore reproduction of fungi, and thought that the things without "seeds" were the "essence of heaven and earth" that came out of "the venting of earth qi and thunderstorm vibration", so it was a tribute that only the royal family could enjoy. Shouwang Zhu Zhixun stewed "Golden Whip Soup", put two grains.

In order to let King Shou finish eating and talk about business as soon as possible, and because of the rarity of hunting, Qi Xiaoguang drank the soup in the cup in two sips. However, it may be that the strong enemy is depressed, smelling the incense, and there is no special taste in the mouth.

Finally, when Zhu Zhixun wiped his mouth with satisfaction, sat up straight, and nodded to Qi Xiaoguang, the two palace eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward and picked up this mountain of meat from left to right. The people behind had already removed the special big chairs, and King Shou's hands were placed on the shoulders of the two inner prisoners, and they carried them to the main hall of the palace with difficulty. Qi Xiaoguang followed.

In the main hall, Shouwang Changshi Hu Zhiqi was already waiting aside.

The feudal kings are divided into three types in history: real seals, virtual seals, and semi-real and half-imaginary. The real seal is to give the feudal king the right to govern the fief, and the palace can set up a small court in the fief, which has all kinds of institutions such as the Xiangguo and the six ministries, except for the honor guard that is one level lower than the Son of Heaven, the others are almost the same. This method has great hidden dangers, and there are always some powerful factions who are ready to worry about the dragon chair of the Beijing Division, and there is far away from the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Liu Bi, the king of Wu in the Han Dynasty, and the ...... Well, Grandpa Cheng is a model of success.

The false seal is to give an honorary title and the corresponding treatment, not only can it not say that there is no governing power, but it does not even have a fief. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, since Kangxi cut down the domain and destroyed Wu Sangui and others, all the princes and princes don't care what iron hats are or not, they are all false seals.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who thinks he is the smartest, uses half fiction and half reality: give the fief to let you go to "the domain", but there is no governing power, which is called "enjoying the land but not governing things", and at the same time, greatly restricting the administrative institutions of the feudal palace. For example, in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the palace abolished the Xiangguo and other positions, and changed the left and right long history - long history, whether left or right, are all positive five products, the status is lower than Xiangguo, not a star and a half, Xiangguo is a person, the long history is divided into left and right, and the meaning of mutual supervision is obvious.

Changshi was selected by the imperial court, and there were four main tasks:

First, to monitor the vassal kings for the imperial court. Record the usual behavior, thoughts, speech and performance of the prince, and regularly listen to the court. If this person has any signs of bad impulses, report it quickly! In terms of political orientation, "loyalty to the king is greater than that of the king".

Second, the behavior of the vassal king. The status of the vassal king is extremely noble, although there is no governing power and personal freedom (hundreds of years ago, the palace was silently managed, and generally not allowed out), but if you really want to come nonsense, the magistrates are helpless, so someone needs to persuade them to respect the king and reason: just rob a people's daughter or something, but don't dare to worry about rebellion - the vassal king pressed the people's daughter down in the back house and forcibly sent warmth, and Changshi came out to scare the relatives to take into account the overall situation, not to give the hostile forces a knife paper and send away the two money, which is also considered Kuangzheng.

Third, to deal with the affairs of the clan and the ceremonial music. The major affairs of the country are worshipped. The matter of the war is decided by the Holy Son of Heaven, and the vassal king cannot interfere and maintain the hierarchy, and always reminds the upper and lower levels that the humility depends on the cumbersome ritual process: when should the ancestors be worshipped and think about the same root, when should they give the saint a congratulatory chapter to show their loyalty, and the prince is busy with the day Li Zhang Wang Zhao Wan...... Ji, these things need to be reminded by the long history.

Fourth, take the blame for the vassal king. If the vassal king caused trouble, or if the Son of Heaven did not like him, he would be punished. But the vassal king's golden branches and jade leaves can't be beaten? Then clean up the long history and kill the chicken to show the monkey as an example. This is called "the king has been, and the long history is written" - very much like the prince and his brother accompanying the prince to study. The attendant babbled so much that his throat and eyes were smoking, and the prince came over with the two palace maids in his arms. Is this still worth it? The bachelor glared, and before dawn, the little doll who had been reading with him for a long time shouted: "You only came on the third pole of the day?" Such stubbornness, give me a fight! So the eunuch knocked the unfortunate boy down and beat him so that he cried wolf...... As the saying goes, "accompany the prince to study" today means useless work, anyway, you can't succeed to the unification, and in the original meaning, there is the meaning of carrying the blame and thundering.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Changshi had a great responsibility because it represented the trust of the imperial court, a bit similar to the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, with a limited grade but a very high status. However, in the middle and late stages, the Son of Heaven only cared about his uncles and nephews not to rebel, and other things were often closed and pretended not to be seen, except for Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning who had a short-circuited brain in the Wuzong Dynasty, tossed a farce, and most of the other vassal kings were busy with two things a day - three meals a day. The imperial court was relieved and was responsible for supervising their long history, and their status plummeted. Tianshun (Yingzong, Tumubao was captured, and after a while, he became a buddy with Wara and was put back to launch the change of seizing the door and became the emperor twice), the position became a lifelong system, and once he sat until he died, there was no future in the officialdom. Therefore, those who are born on the right path are often reluctant to do this and do this, because they have no way to move forward, and most of them are determined to follow the prince to help the tiger and abuse him.

This Hu Zhiqi is like this. The position of the left Changshi of the Shouwang Mansion has been vacant, and he is the right Changshi. Hu Zhiqi used to be the head of the Department of Etiquette and Etiquette. Because of the coaxing to change the crown prince, he couldn't stand in the court. The first emperor felt that since you were so loyal to King Shou, you should simply release it to make a long history for him, with such a brave and loyal person, my fat baby can't suffer! Although the position has crossed two levels, the career has also come to an end. Hu Zhiqi also understood this truth, so he simply gave up other thoughts and followed Zhu Zhixun. Fortunately, King Shou's IQ is not high, except for his greedy mouth, compared with other vassal kings who come in a variety of ways, there is not much harm in the place.

When Qi Xiaoguang explained the situation that Shaanzhou had been lost, Mianchi Xin'an was difficult to protect, Guan Shengyun and others were about to invade Luoyang, Zhu Zhixun asked blankly: "Qi Aiqing, according to your opinion, what should be done alone?" ”

Qi Xiaoguang left his seat and bowed: "The minister has the courage to ask the prince for three things. First, send the army to guard the pass. Second, open the king's warehouse and fill the hungry army. Third, give money, recruit displaced people, and assist in defending the city. ”

Without waiting for Zhu Zhixun to speak, Hu Zhiwei replied: "Lord Qi, raising soldiers and helping the people should be supported by the national treasury." Misappropriation of the imperial court's support for the prince Chitose, this, it seems unreasonable, right? The palace guards were originally to protect the safety of the prince, and the adults wanted to go with a word, listen to the adults, or go out of the city to fight, then, who will protect the prince? Not to mention that if there is a mistake, even if the villain shocks the king, no one can afford the crime, right? ”

Qi Xiaoguang had long known that this Hu Zhiqi was not a good thing, his face sank, and he replied: "What Hu Changshi said is not good. Gui Changshi has lived in the palace for a long time, and he seems to have no idea the difficulties of the place. Grain from the prefectures and counties will be sent to the prefecture one after another from the beginning of the next month. At present, when the green and yellow are not connected, the grain stored in the warehouse is less than 1,000 stones, and if the thieves besiege the city in a big way, it is barely enough to support the ten days. There is a way that the Son of Heaven is not bad for hungry soldiers, there is no food in the stomach, and the morale of the army can be imagined, how can the city be defended? Hangu Pass is in the west of the city, blocking the way that thieves must pass, if there is a strong soldier of the palace guard army with this natural danger to guard it, you can block a hundred. This is a defensive war, how can it be said that it is a field war? Thieves and soldiers are pressing, how can there be a reason to abandon the danger? Don't you know that there are no eggs in the nest? ”

Hu Zhiqi argued: "Lord Qi, the treasury has no money and grain, so you can ask the rich people in the city to collect some taxes." Just as the adults said, it is difficult to finish the eggs under the nest, according to the lower officials, once the city falls, the family is ruined, and the people still understand this truth. Gather sand into a tower and gather armpits into fur, the mere things of the palace, hehe, adults just raise their noble hands and don't worry about it. ”

Qi Xiaoguang said angrily: "Hu Changshi! When the thieves and soldiers are aggressive, Xiaoxiao is already about to move, and then impose taxes at this time, which is a provoking rebellion! The government is convinced that even the illiterate people can understand the truth that once the city falls, their families will be destroyed. However, this house knows today that although some people have read the books of the sages, they do not understand! ”

Hu Zhiqi argued to himself: "Hmph, isn't it the duty of the prefect to punish adultery and eliminate evil?" Why has Lord Qi governed Luoyang for a long time, and there will still be small lawbreakers who are ready to move? ”

Shouwang Zhu Zhixun raised his hand and stopped Qi Xiaoguang, who was about to shoot the case: "Qi Aiqing, I understand it." Taizu ancestral system, the vassal king enjoys no trouble. Hu Aiqing, local affairs, don't say much. ”

Qi Xiaoguang left his seat and bowed: "Xie Qiansui." Chitose knows thousands of miles. ”

Hu Zhiqi immediately changed his face and took the first step to kneel: "The minister is guilty of capital crimes." The prince forgives his sins. ”

Zhu Zhixun waved his hand at Qi Xiaoguang: "Qi Aiqing, I just want to be a prince of peace, and I still rely on you to break the thief and settle the people." ”

Before the words fell, Hu Zhiqi, who was kneeling on the ground, showed a smug look on his face, Qi Xiaoguang's heart tightened when he heard it, and he just wanted to say something more, but he was about to bow down, only to hear King Shou continue: "The vassal king, doesn't this feudal word mean a fence?" The fence protects the house, not to mention that there are thieves on Lone's own territory, how can Lone stand by and watch! ”

Qi Xiaoguang bowed to the ground from the bottom of his heart: "Chitose is wise!" Chen Minggan five inside! ”

King Shou nodded and continued: "How much grain is in the king's warehouse, I don't know, go back and check it out with Hu Aiqing." Qi Qing's family can take 10,000 stones for emergency use first, and this number of Gu will definitely be able to get it. Lone will give you another 20,000 taels of silver, and you can use it for your attention. ”

Qi Xiaoguang didn't expect that this mediocre prince, who seemed to be eating nonsense all day long, would be so aware of righteousness at a critical moment, and he was so moved that he choked up for a while, and bowed heavily to the ground to thank him. Thinking that the three things have become two of them, it is indeed a little inappropriate to call the invitation of the royal palace guards, and just as he was about to leave, King Shou said again: "Qi Aiqing, wait a minute." Come and call Sun Fugui. ”

In a moment, a strong man like a black tower entered the main hall wearing leather armor, and bowed to Zhu Zhixun angrily to greet him.

The person who came was Sun Fugui, the commander of King Shou's guard.

Strictly speaking, Sun Fugui is not a native of the Central Plains, and his ancestors are Goryeo people who lived in Haixi.

In the first year of Yongle, the Jurchen leaders Xiyang Ha and Suo Lost Ha came to pay tribute, and the Ming court placed the Vultures as the commander, with Xiyang Ha as the commander and Suo Lost Ha as the commander of the same knowledge. In the ninth year of Yongle, the Nuergan Prefecture was officially established. However, unlike other prefectures, the main responsibility of the Nuergan Metropolitan Division is to appease the bitter barbarian tribes in the Heilongjiang, Songhua and Ussuri River valleys, and has no substantive military command, and hundreds of guards north of Liaodong are not under its jurisdiction, but directly obey the orders of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and even the military intelligence system of the post station is under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Government of Liaodong.

During the reign of Yingzong, Wuzhewei responded to send troops to help in the war, and the leader of the troops was Sun Fugui's grandfather Aha Chu. Although there was a small victory, the change of the civil fort was powerless. The defeated army fled all the way back to Beijing, and participated in the defense of Beijing under the command of Yu Qian. When Yingzong launched a change to seize the door and re-ascend to the great treasure, liquidate the old people of Daizong, and make a mistake when he got out of Aha: this barbarian not only shared hardships with himself and almost gave away his life, but also mixed with Daizong and won deep trust, he was simply a tool man who sat on the dragon chair and supported whom, so he gave Sun a surname, and the Tartar official commanded the "promotion" to the commander Tongzhi (of course, the commander is higher than the commander Tongzhi, but the official position of the Tartar official is not valuable, and it is completely different from the official position of the imperial court official- For example, the platoon commander of the regular army can call the militia company commander as if he were the big soldier under him), and he stayed in the Beijing camp.

However, how could Sun Hachu, who had a tendon, be treated well in the Beijing camp where the oil was piled up? With the title of commander and acquaintance, he is not as good as a master. In Sun Fugui's generation, the emperor also heard that the family's brain was not enough to make the strength of the genetic trait, so he simply released the commander of the Shouwang Protector - such a guy made people feel at ease and protect my beloved fat son.

According to Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's conception, each vassal king's palace guard commanded the envoy to "guard the palace." There is a requisition, then obey the orders of the court", under the three guards, each guard under the jurisdiction of the front and back left and right in the five, a total of 5,600 people, in addition, there are two enclosures, each more than 1,000 people. In this way, each vassal king has more than 20,000 armed forces in his hands - Taizu has sealed more than 20 vassal kings, and the old Zhu family directly controls more than 400,000 troops! With such a direct subordinate army that looks down on the world, which leader still has the courage to rebel? What's more, these tool people usually farm and eat their own takeout, let the palace suck blood, and only promise to the master, and when they start a war, they will cut whoever the prince tells him to cut! Is there anyone smarter in the world than my old Zhu? The more Grandpa Tai thought about it, the happier he became, so he kicked his legs and made himself beautiful.

However, after thousands of calculations, I forgot to count the fourth child who really passed on his bloodline. As soon as Lao Zhu died, Da Zhu pretended to be crazy, carrying a knife while shedding tears, and cut his nephew Xiao Zhu until he disappeared, and no one has found him for hundreds of years.

Mrs. Zhu knew how he won this game, so he must not let others have the opportunity to play like this, so he took the simplest method: confiscate all the cards in your hand, and only leave one for you, and see how you play with me!

Therefore, up to now, there is only one guard left in the Shouwang Protector's army, and the leader is Sun Fugui, and Sun Fugui's subordinates are still nominally five thousand households, all of which have gathered 1,500 people. Fortunately, Sun Fugui doesn't know how to be lazy and slippery, and his daily training is good, and these people are much stronger than other guards.

King Shou called Sun Fugui up and said to him: "Fugui, there are thieves who have invaded Luoyang. You pick a thousand people and go with Qi Qing's family. Listen to Qi Qing's family in everything. ”

Sun Fugui clenched his fists and responded: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Qi Xiaoguang, who was indescribably grateful, bowed to the ground respectfully, and led Sun Fugui out of the Shouwang Mansion.

The guards of Henan Mansion have long been cut, and they have been merged, and Hongnongwei, which is closest to Luoyang, is in Shaanzhou, and there is no need to ask, it has been completely defeated by thieves. Although Kaifeng has been sent to the imperial court and the provincial capital, as well as the surrounding provinces, six hundred miles of expedited stagecoaches, but it is difficult to quench the thirst of the distant water, and now in addition to the miscellaneous soldiers who are not useful, the only thing Qi Xiaoguang can count on is Sun Fugui, the palace guard.

Fortunately, Sun Fugui is real, and the matter that the prince has explained is a big thing, according to Qi Xiaoguang's arrangement, he rushed to Xin'an with a thousand men and horses, and arrived at Hangu Pass just before Guan Shengyun's forward arrived.

There are a total of three passes in history called Hangu Pass, the most famous of which are two: Qin rejected the Six Kingdoms, which was the old pass, which was once known as the first Xiongguan in the world, in Lingbao. In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to win the hearts of the people, Liu Che divided the land in Guanzhong (Hangu) to the heroes, but forgot the Lou Chuan general Yang Fu, who had made great achievements, and said to him: You will be a "Guanwai Hou". Yang Fu was afraid that others would laugh at him, so he said that he was ashamed to be an outsider, and he implored him to move east to Hangu Pass. In order to strengthen his rule over the Kanto region and deter the powerful of the Kanto, Liu Che agreed to Yang Fu's request and ordered the Hangu Guandong to be moved 300 li to the east of Xin'an County, which was called Xinguan. After the completion of the new pass, the importance of the old pass was greatly reduced, and the crown of the world's first Xiongguan was attributed to Tongguan. Wang Changling's popular sentence "Qin Shimingyue Han Shiguan, the Long March has not yet returned", the Han Pass is here.

Cai Wenying of Xin'an Zhi County is still alive at the moment.

On the way to Shouwang's Mansion, Qi Xiaoguang ordered Cai Wenying to lead Ding Zhuang to go into battle to repair the Xinguan of Xieshou Hangu first. Of course, there must be selfishness in it - the pond is too far away, and Fu Yuehui really doesn't have time to save it. Xinguan is already in Xin'an, and with his own upright reasons, it is one to be able to save one.

The scouts of Guan Shengyun's army did not delay in the empty county seat of Xin'an, and went straight through the city. Just galloped out of the east gate not far away and reined in the mount - Wei Weixiong closed the red flag and waved it, the dog officers and soldiers had completed the deployment, and what was waiting for them ahead would be another bloody battle.